Scofield Alessandra, dos Santos Rafaelle Cunha, Carvalho Nadino, Martins Áurea Linhares, Góes-Cavalcante Gustavo
Laboratório de Parasitologia Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde Animal na Amazônia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Castanhal, PA, Brazil.
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet. 2011 Oct-Dec;20(4):334-7. doi: 10.1590/s1984-29612011000400014.
This paper describes a case of notoedric mange in an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in the Brazilian Amazon region. A young male of approximately four months of age that was illegally kept as a pet was apprehended in Altamira, State of Pará, northern Brazil. The animal was transported to the Mangal das Garças Park in the state's capital city of Belém. The ocelot had pruritus and lesions suggestive of scabies in the head. Skin scraping material was examined under optic microscopy. There was seen a large number of eggs, larvae, nymphs and adult mites. The mean female and male sizes were 230.2 × 200.4 μm and 137.6 × 104.9 μm. Based on the morphologic characteristics and morphometric analysis, this mite was classified as Notoedres cati. This is the first report of notoedric mange in L. pardalis from Brazilian Amazon.
本文描述了巴西亚马逊地区一只豹猫（Leopardus pardalis）患诺氏疥螨病的病例。一只约四个月大的雄性幼豹猫作为非法宠物在巴西北部帕拉州的阿尔塔米拉被查获。该动物被运往该州首府贝伦的曼加尔达斯加尔萨斯公园。这只豹猫头部有瘙痒症状和疑似疥疮的病变。刮取的皮肤材料在光学显微镜下检查。发现了大量的卵、幼虫、若虫和成年螨。雌螨和雄螨的平均大小分别为230.2×200.4μm和137.6×104.9μm。根据形态特征和形态计量分析，这种螨被归类为猫背肛螨。这是巴西亚马逊地区豹猫患诺氏疥螨病的首例报告。
